Heidi Ellison
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
Life Cut Short, Career Resurrected “Titre Inconnu (Clown, Cheval, Salamandre)” (c. 1911-12). Lisbon, CAM/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Photo: Paulo Costa I was alerted to the exhibition “Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso” at the Grand Palais by a friend in Portugal, who wrote to … Read More
Paula Modersohn-Becker: L’Intensité d’un Regard
The Artist’s Life as A Short, Intense Celebration “Jeune Fille Tenant des Fleurs Jaunes dans un Verre” (1902). © Paula-Modersohn-Becker-Stiftung, Brême Paris museums are hosting a welcome spate of exhibitions of artists whose work has been more or less neglected … Read More
Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest
Visiting Art from Budapest Brings a Galaxy of Stars “Portrait d’Homme” (1634), by Frans Hals. © Musée des Beaux-Arts, Budapest 2016 The current show at the Musée du Luxembourg, “Chefs-d’Œuvre de Budapest,” promises a panoply of superstars from the history … Read More
Un Art Pauvre
The Riches of Poor Art “Igloo di Giap” (1968), by Mario Merz. © Centre Pompidou/Dist. RMN-GP © Adagp, Paris 2016 For the past few millennia, fine art has mostly been the exclusive preserve of the affluent, who could afford the … Read More
Îles de la Seine
The Stories Behind The Islands in the Stream Houses on the Île de Migneaux during the Great Flood of 1910. © Cliché Gaillard/Coll. Olivier Delas/Cercle d’Études Historiques et Archéologiques de Poissy “Îles de la Seine” at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal has … Read More
Albert Marquet: Peintre du Temps Suspendu
If Poussin Painted Like a Child “La Varenne Saint-Hilaire, la Barque” (1913). © Richard Nathanson, London/ADAGP, Paris 2016 At first glance, many of the paintings of Albert Marquet (1875-1947) look simple, almost childlike. There is great power in that simplicity, … Read More
Velázquez
A Partial Look at The Painter’s Painter “The Toilet of Venus” (c. 1647-51). © The National Gallery Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) is justly considered one of the world’s all-time great painters – Manet called him “the painter’s painter” and “the greatest … Read More
Lascaux à Paris
Cro-Magnon Cave Art Pays a Visit to Paris “The Black Cow.” Photo © Denis Nidos I have never had the opportunity to visit the original Lascaux caves (closed to the public since 1963 because of the damage to the wall … Read More
Beauté Congo
Exuberant Escape to the World of the Congo
The Fondation Cartier has done Parisians a favor by organizing the vibrant exhibition “Beauté Congo,” a survey of nearly a century of painting, sculpture, photography and music in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a refreshing burst of color … Read More
Gitane à la Guitare
Paris Update Art Notes MYTH OF THE ARTIST DECONSTRUCTED “L’Aimable Surprise,” by Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard. As if Paris didn’t have enough museums and galleries, there are also many little-known art spaces hidden away in the suburbs just waiting … Read More